Hair Mercury Levels in Pregnant Women: Fish Consumption as a Determinant of Exposure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Sampling Location and Research Subjects
2.2. Measurement of Hair Mercury
2.3. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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N | Mean | Median | Min | Max | Q25 | Q75 | SD | SE | p-Value | |
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Both areas | 98 | 0.428 | 0.306 | 0.018 | 3.100 | 0.178 | 0.517 | 0.423 | 0.043 | |
City area | 53 | 0.326 | 0.239 | 0.018 | 2.065 | 0.124 | 0.403 | 0.326 | 0.045 | a |
Village area | 45 | 0.548 | 0.455 | 0.063 | 3.100 | 0.253 | 0.696 | 0.491 | 0.073 | b |
The predominant type of fish in the diet | ||||||||||
both area | ||||||||||
Does not eat fish | 21 | 0.236 | 0.145 | 0.018 | 0.834 | 0.076 | 0.324 | 0.229 | 0.050 | a |
Sea fish | 28 | 0.308 | 0.228 | 0.063 | 0.808 | 0.147 | 0.439 | 0.220 | 0.041 | a |
Freshwater fish | 49 | 0.579 | 0.464 | 0.070 | 3.100 | 0.278 | 0.684 | 0.515 | 0.074 | b |
City area | ||||||||||
Does not eat fish | 13 | 0.181 | 0.080 | 0.018 | 0.771 | 0.064 | 0.145 | 0.216 | 0.060 | a |
Sea fish | 16 | 0.265 | 0.201 | 0.068 | 0.808 | 0.147 | 0.377 | 0.191 | 0.048 | a |
Freshwater fish | 24 | 0.446 | 0.293 | 0.070 | 2.065 | 0.237 | 0.545 | 0.403 | 0.082 | b |
Village area | ||||||||||
Does not eat fish | 8 | 0.327 | 0.251 | 0.063 | 0.834 | 0.214 | 0.394 | 0.234 | 0.083 | a |
Sea fish | 12 | 0.366 | 0.302 | 0.063 | 0.778 | 0.168 | 0.575 | 0.250 | 0.072 | a |
Freshwater fish | 25 | 0.706 | 0.506 | 0.178 | 3.100 | 0.455 | 0.797 | 0.582 | 0.116 | b |
The amount of fish consumed | ||||||||||
both area | ||||||||||
None | 21 | 0.236 | 0.145 | 0.018 | 0.834 | 0.076 | 0.324 | 0.229 | 0.050 | a |
Up to 1 kg/year | 17 | 0.312 | 0.275 | 0.070 | 0.717 | 0.216 | 0.403 | 0.171 | 0.042 | a |
Up to 1 kg/month | 43 | 0.370 | 0.297 | 0.063 | 1.123 | 0.222 | 0.506 | 0.230 | 0.035 | a |
Up to 5 kg/month | 17 | 0.929 | 0.778 | 0.068 | 3.100 | 0.478 | 1.074 | 0.716 | 0.174 | b |
City area | ||||||||||
None | 13 | 0.181 | 0.080 | 0.018 | 0.771 | 0.064 | 0.145 | 0.216 | 0.060 | a |
Up to 1 kg/year | 15 | 0.283 | 0.244 | 0.070 | 0.532 | 0.168 | 0.403 | 0.145 | 0.037 | ab |
Up to 1 kg/month | 20 | 0.324 | 0.277 | 0.070 | 0.776 | 0.182 | 0.400 | 0.201 | 0.045 | ab |
Up to 5 kg/month | 5 | 0.844 | 0.808 | 0.068 | 2.065 | 0.436 | 0.845 | 0.752 | 0.336 | b |
Village area | ||||||||||
None | 8 | 0.327 | 0.251 | 0.063 | 0.834 | 0.214 | 0.394 | 0.234 | 0.083 | a |
Up to 1 kg/year | 2 | 0.523 | 0.523 | 0.330 | 0.717 | 0.330 | 0.717 | 0.273 | 0.193 | ab |
Up to 1 kg/month | 23 | 0.410 | 0.392 | 0.063 | 1.123 | 0.230 | 0.508 | 0.250 | 0.052 | a |
Up to 5 kg/month | 12 | 0.965 | 0.739 | 0.455 | 3.100 | 0.481 | 1.088 | 0.731 | 0.211 | b |
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Rumiantseva, O.; Komov, V.; Kutuzov, M.; Zaroual, H.; Mizina, K.; Belova, M.; Nikitin, I.; Stolyarova, A.; Mashin, D.; Vilkova, D. Hair Mercury Levels in Pregnant Women: Fish Consumption as a Determinant of Exposure. Toxics 2024, 12, 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12050366
Rumiantseva O, Komov V, Kutuzov M, Zaroual H, Mizina K, Belova M, Nikitin I, Stolyarova A, Mashin D, Vilkova D. Hair Mercury Levels in Pregnant Women: Fish Consumption as a Determinant of Exposure. Toxics. 2024; 12(5):366. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12050366
Chicago/Turabian StyleRumiantseva, Olga, Viktor Komov, Mikhail Kutuzov, Hicham Zaroual, Ksenia Mizina, Maria Belova, Igor Nikitin, Alla Stolyarova, Dmitry Mashin, and Daria Vilkova. 2024. "Hair Mercury Levels in Pregnant Women: Fish Consumption as a Determinant of Exposure" Toxics 12, no. 5: 366. https://doi.org/10.3390/toxics12050366